homosexuality

Awful: 10-year-old children’s home inmate alleges sodomy in Delhi

A case of child abuse has come to fore from a children’s home in Mehrauli area in south Delhi. The child, who is around 10-years-old, has alleged in his complaint that he was sodomized by two youths on the institution premises. Besides the home administration, the child had also complained to an NGO official who... Read More

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Rejoinder: Why you should be worried about Nigeria’s anti gay laws

by Abdulrahman Abdulraheem Akintoye Sogunro’s legal argument is flawed on so many levels. First, there is the mistake of assuming that the purpose of law, especially criminal law is a phenomenon upon which there is a consensus among jurists. This is a response to Ayo Sogunro’s recent widely published article titled: ‘Why you should be worried... Read More

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Opinion: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the gays (Updated and republished)

by Olatoye Akinbode The idea that the moral, religious or cultural views of the majority is some sort of barometer for what our collective morality must be is simply erroneous, chauvinistic and based on the inability to tolerate and respect the right of other people to freely make their own choices. [Editor’s Note: A version of... Read More

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Opinion: Why you should be worried about Nigeria’s anti-gay law

by Ayo Sogunro The words of Jesus are more logical: he whom has no sin, let him cast the first stone. Before You Proceed Two guiding premises underlie this article. The first is this: this article does not support or reject homosexuality as a sexual orientation. The purpose of this article is not to plead the... Read More

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READ: Those of you who oppose gay marriage are ‘like christians who used the bible to support slavery’

A senior bishop has likened opponents of gay marriage to Christians who used the Bible to support slavery. The Anglican Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, suggested it was time to ‘rethink’ attitudes towards allowing same-sex couples to marry, as Christians did with slavery and apartheid. In a letter to the Telegraph he argued that attitudes towards... Read More

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Opinion: Why I am a straight man in support of gay rights

by Demitri Levantis The term gay is not meant to be hurtful; it is about accepting new things and new people into the mainstream of life. I remember one of my tutors looking at my CV and noticing I’d written for Gay Star News before starting my journalism course and saying: ‘I assume you’re gay.’... Read More

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Saudi prince who raped and murdered his male servant in the UK transferred HOME to serve life sentence

by Rachel Ogbu A Saudi Prince who was shamed and jailed for life in Britain for sexually assaulting his male servant and then murdering him has been allowed to go home for the rest of his sentence.... Read More

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Florist refuses to do wedding for long-time gay customers because of Jesus Christ

A Richland, Wash. couple is still trying to make sense of what they say were the hurtful, discriminatory actions by their favorite florist. For nearly a decade, Robert Ingersoll and his partner, Curt Freed, had bought bouquets from local business Arlene’s Flower Shop, owned by Barronelle Stutzman, reports the Tri-City Herald. So it was Stutzman the men... Read More

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January 29, 2013

Man steals £170,000 from his employer to settle his ex-wife who was threatening to expose his homosexuality

A closeted gay man who embezzled £170,000 from his employer has claimed that he used the money to pay off his wife after she started blackmailing him over his sexuality. Christopher Brown is facing jail after being found guilty of exploiting his position as a finance director to write himself dozens of company cheques. He... Read More

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January 23, 2013

Welcome, Nigeria? See list of countries where gay relationships are already illegal

by Rachel Ogbu As Senate President David Mark gets busy rallying his colleagues to outlaw gay relationships in Nigeria, he is surely heartened by the fact that Nigeria is not the only country that opposes same sex relationships. Laws against homosexual activity have already been passed in at least 78 countries. According to a list... Read More

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January 20, 2013

“Life has been unfair to me”: Teenage hawker in Lagos says he was tricked and gang-raped by 5 men

“ Life has been unfair to me”. This was the statement that greeted this reporter as he approached 19-year-old Chidi Okolie, who is currently going through psychological trauma following an act of gang-rape on him, Monday, in Badagry area of Lagos. Chidi, as gathered, left his home town in Izzih local government area of Ebonyi... Read More

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January 11, 2013

Cameroon court acquits 2 men imprisoned for ‘looking gay’

A Cameroon appeals court has acquitted two men found guilty of homosexuality because they wore women’s clothes and ordered a cream-based liqueur, according to rights groups. Jonas Kimie and Franky Ndome were arrested outside a nightclub and sentenced to five years in prison in November 2011 “The acquittal of two Cameroonian men jailed for looking... Read More

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December 19, 2012

Cameroonian man jailed for texting “I’m in love with you”… to another man

A Cameroon appeals court upheld a sentence against a man convicted of homosexuality for texting his male friend to say, “I’m very much in love with you.” Roger Mbede, a university student, was arrested in March last year after the man who received the message tipped off authorities, Human Rights Watch said. A court sentenced... Read More

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December 18, 2012

The “world’s first gay Bible”: Special Queen James version edits homophobic passages

A book claiming to be the world’s first ‘gay bible’ has been published to coincide with the debate on same-sex marriage. Titled the ‘Queen James Bible’, its editors claim that it is a re-working of the King James Bible translated in a way that ‘prevents homophobic misinterpretation of God’s Word’. ‘Homosexuality was first overtly mentioned in... Read More

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November 14, 2012

Uganda shuns foreign aid threats, to pass anti-gay law by year end

by Rachel Ogbu Christmas could be doom and gloom for same sex couples living in Uganda as a new law against homosexuality is underway and will be passed by the end of 2012. Ugandan parliamentary speaker Rebecca Kadaga said Ugandans were “demanding” the law. “If homosexuality is a value for the people of Canada they... Read More

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October 12, 2012

TICKER: Ugandan lawmaker calls for life imprisonment of homosexuals in every African country

In many African countries, it is illegal to be gay. 25 out of 38 African nations have passed laws that give varying degrees of prison sentences to people caught practicing homosexual acts. In Nigeria, a 14-year jail term is prescribed for convicted offenders under the Same Sex Marriage (prohibition) bill which was passed into law in 2011. These laws... Read More

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September 29, 2012

#JustAwful: 20-year-old man, undergraduate, remanded for orally raping 7-year-old boy

by Reuben Daba A Makurdi court has locked Ortyom Dyorugh, a 20-year old, 300 level Accounting student of the Benue State University, Makurdi behind bars for allegedly indulging in homosexuality with a seven-year old Isaac Chivirter Shamigah. Dyorugh allegedly forced Shamigah to suck his penis at the Judges Quarters area of Makurdi town where they... Read More

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August 15, 2012

“Demonic caricature”: Lady Gaga accused of turning kids gay

by Adeniyi Abdul Pop provocateur Lady Gaga has come under fire from a right wing group which claims she is responsible for turning people gay. The star was slammed earlier this year by a group called the Florida Family Association which claimed she was encouraging teens to turn to homosexuality and demanded Office Depot rescind a... Read More

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August 14, 2012

Opinion: Let’s kill all the gays

by Olatoye Akinbode History is replete with examples of majorities who have imposed their honestly and dearly held cultural or religious beliefs on an unwilling minority, very often with terrible consequences. On Tuesday, 29th November 2011, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, took an unprecedented step in the Federal Government’s quest to protect... Read More

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There is no cure for being gay – ‘Gay Cure’ psychologist apologises for hiding the truth

One of the world’s leading psychologists recently apologised to the gay community for attempting to proffer a cure for homosexuality. 79-year-old Dr. Robert Spitzer considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry couldn’t go on with his career or even his life knowing he had poorly conceived a 2003 investigation that supported the use... Read More

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December 1, 2011

#WorldAIDSDay2011: Why you shouldn’t be scared of HIV/AIDS

by ‘Ifreke Inyang The first case of AIDS was recorded in 1981. The discovery was made by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its cause, HIV, was identified in the early 1980s. Since then, more people across the world were known to be infected with the virus. The epidemic has claimed... Read More

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